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Omaha Daily Bee XXXVII NO. 207 OMAIIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1908 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COrV TWO CENTS. The ' 14, RIOTING IN BOMBAY Mohammedan Faction! Tight at New Ycax'i Celebration. POLICE MAKE SEVERAL ARRESTS Mob Demand Their 1 Throw Stonei at Oh. 1 & EUROPEANS THEN OPEN and V5 O .6. Pive Natives Are Killed and 1 Are Injured. r SEVERAL SIMILAR CLASHES OCCUR Trnopa A Called Ont to Rnlort Order- Soldiers Camp In Streets and Native Quarter is Quiet. HOM1UY, Feb. 13. Serious rioting oc curred here this evening during the coursa of "the celebration of the Moharram, the first month of the Mohammedan year, aris ing from disputes between the Biinnltes, or orthodox section, and the Shiahs. the second great division of Mohammedans. The police arrested several Biinnltes and thav mob demanded their release, which demand was refused. The mob thereupon stoned the police. Injuring two of them. The police , commissioner and other European officers fired upon the" rioters, killed at least five of them and Injured forty twenty tf whom were seriously wounded. It la believed that others were killed and their bodies removed ' by relatives, for during the course of the afternoon and evening several similar clashes occurred. Eventually tha troops were called out, and are camping tonight In the streets. The native quarter, however, Is abnormally quiet. HYNE SUFFERS .FOR BIGAMY American Sentenced to Two Terms In English Prison (or Many Marriages. BRISTOL Feb. 13. Arthur Hyne, the man with many aliases, who has been on trial here charged with bigamy and fraud In connection With matrimonial advertise ments, was today sentenced to seven years Imprisonment on the bigamy count and to five years for fraud, these sentences to run concurrently. Hyne pleaded guilty to both charges. Hyne Is a dentist, who has an American diploma. He Is believed by many persons to be identical with George Wltzhoff, or Albert Bessemer, or A. C. "Weston, who several years ago married several women In America and then' disappeared after having secured various sums of money from them. Wltzhoff left the United States In the summer of 1905 and search for him was immediately begun, and he was finally arrested In England last month.. Ho Is said to have lived In Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere and to have mnr rlud women-Wlwtovur he went. BRONZE TABLETS AT PEKING Colonel Hayes Places Them on Mono, meuts in Memory of Soldiers. PEKING. Feb. 13. Six "bronze tablets from the Rock Island arsenal, Illinois,, were today placed on the monuments that have been erected at Tien Tsln In memory of the American soldiers and sailors who lost their llvjea In the Boxer outbreak of 1901. The monuments have officially been trans furred to the' American legation by Colonel Webb C. Hayes, president of the Chinese battlefield commission, and a son of the late President Rutherford B. Hayes. A seveqth tablet will be placed on the monument erected In memory of Colonel Emurson II. Llscum, who commanded the Ninth regiment of Infantry and who lost his life during the attack of the allied forces at Tien Tsin In July, 1900. The tablets were unveiled by Colonel Hayes. TURKEY TO HAVE CONTROL Germany Agrees to Let Foreign Gendarmerie lie I ntlrr Orders from Porte. LONDON, Feb. U. The Foreign office has been sdvlsed by the British ambas sador at Constantinople that Baron Mar shal voni Blebersteln. .the German diplo matic! representative, announced at the last meeting of the ambassadors to Turkey that dcrmany had decided Instead of signing the Joint note to the Porte demand ing Judicial reforms In Macedonia, to agree to the Turkish proposal that the Mace donian foreign gendarmerie be placed un der the control of Turkey. No confirma tion has been received by the Foreign of fice, however, of the report that Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey have entered upon secret treaties. DUBOUCHET MAYSEE CONSUL American Ambassador Makes Repre sentations to Russian Foreign Officer for Him. tT. PETERSHl'Rq. Fell) 13. John W. Riddle, the American ambassador has made representations to the foreign prfleo In the case of Dr. Dubouchet, an American resident of Odessa, who has been arrested there accused of being connected with the revolutionary organization and who who was refused permission by the local police to consult with the Amerlcai ton sul. The foreign office has promised that the permission necessary for Mr. Dubou- chet to confer with the representative of his government will be granted and that the matter will bo Investigated promptly, WOMEN CARTED OFF TO JAIL suffragettes In London Are I'nable to Reach Doors of Par liament. LONDON,' Feb. IS. Tile women suffrag ists of London are apparently bent upon making .martyrs of themselves by gssutlng their consignment to prison cells. Another dosen of the delegates were arrested today. Under the leadership of the Weir known Mrs. Parkhurst they started from the "Woman's Parliament," determined to' In vade tha House of Commons, but the po lice broke up the column before It reached the precincts of Parliament, and carried the leaders off down a sidestrect to a police station. (alraso Lea tea for Atlantic. VALPARAISO. Feb. l.The American cruiser, Chicago, left bers today for the Atlantic statl SUMMARY OF THE BEE Friday, February 14, IftOH. 1908 -cf BRitoy. 1906 ' m m m V J 2-3 4 5 0 Z 8 9 IO 11 12 IS 11 15 16 1Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 26 2Z 28 29 THE WZATXia. , FORKCA8T FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL .t KK8 ANT) VIcrNITY Probably snow iny, not ftiurh chanirn In tpmnprRt urn H NKHHAfciKA Rain or snow Friday. ' KfH IOW A Friday, probably rajn or snow. Tcmt"rtiirc at Omaha yesterday: Hour. 6 a. m . . 6 a. m.. 7 a. m.. 8 a. m.. 9 a. m.. 10 a, m.. Deg. .... a3 ... 32 .... SI ... 3d .... 30 .... 31 11 a. m. 82 12 m 84 1 p. m... 2 p. m... 3 p. m... 4 ). in... Bp. m... 6 p. m... 7 p. m... 8 p. m... 9 p. m... SOMXSTia Representative Champ Clark delivers speech In the houso that convulses mem bers of both parties. He devotes much of his tlmo to President Roosevelt. Page X Secretary Taft visits Lansing on his way to Detroit, where he meets his man ager, A. I. Vorys, who says the Ohio fight is ended. Pags 1 Flowers are planted at San Francisco to cover tho burned area. Pags 1 Capitol fraud trial at Harrlsburg is ad journed because iof Illness of one of the attorneys. Page 1 Senator La Follette Introduces employ ers' liability bill. Pags a Wisconsin democrats hold preliminary session In Milwaukee and adjourn until this morning. ' Pags 2 Dividends of the Harrlman roads re main tho same. P? 1 Sister of Mercy In Greenwich captures a burglar. Pags 1 Methods of the Standard Oil company In quieting competition are shown In the Albany hearing. Pags 1 Senator Culberson will propose amend ments to the currency bill. Page 2 Gas meter which was robbed of its coin causes death of men who were extracting the money. Fags 3 Residents In the vicinity of Pittsburg are preparing for a flood. Pags 1 Federal troops have been ordered to Fairbanks to prevent labor. troubles. Pags 1 New department of militia affairs has been' created In Washington. Pags 1 Good wishes are expressed for Governor Sheldon by notables at the Marquette club banquet. Pags 3 PO&XIOIT. Japanese House of Representatives has five-hour debate, before the financial pol icy of the government and the budget Is endorsed. Pags 8 . Foreign minister ef" Italy detail the re lations between Italy " and Somallland. Diplomatic difficulties exist over the boundary of Lugh. Pags a Arthur Hyne, a noted bigamist. Is given two concurrent sentences In England for his crimes. Pags a Suffragettes insist on making demon strations In London and are carted off to Jail. pag, a Clash between Mohammedan factions In Bombay results In attack on police, dur ing which five personV were killed and forty injured. Pags 1 COM ME CIAL AID Xlf DTJ STRIA. L. Live stock markets. Pags 7 Grain markets. Pags T Stocks and bonds. Pags 7 MOVEMENTS OP OCEA2T STEAMSHIPS. Port- Arrived, Sailed. NKW YORK....Caronla Finland. NKW YORK Laiaio. Oceanic. Sutendam. Adriatic JMKW YORK.... NEW YORK.... BDUTHAMPTOW. LRUHnKN Algeria NAI'LKd BOSTON GKNOA ..Frledrlch 4r PALERMO MAKSKI1.LRR .. WUEE.NSTOWN . Saxon la ' Carroanla. Cymric. O.Nord Amerlka. San Glorgic. Veneila. BY WIRELESS. ' Cape Race Empress of Ireland tOO miles east at t : 15 p. m. FLOWERS COVER DESOLATION People of San Francisco Will Plant Popples I'pon Hillsides Before Fleet Comes. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 13.-Wlth the scattering of seeds over the burned hill sides this week San Francisco will begin the first actual work for Its beautlflcatton against the coming of the battleship fleet. At yesUrday'a meeting of the executive committee for tha fleet s reception It was1 decided to plant at once nasturtium, es sholaita and Shirley poppy Seeds, so that when May comes tha slopes now dotted with vacant spaces filled with brick and ashes will smile In gorgeous colors of many flowers. No time is to be lost, for the plants take almost three months to flower and what ever the seeds and their planting cost will be appropriated when the amount Is known. GAS METER ITS OWN AVENGER Phlladrlphians Pay Penalty for At tempting to Hob It of Store of Coin. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IS. -Martin Brady and John Bartolett were asphyxiated here yesterday In what the police believe was an attempt to obtain enough money to buy whisky. The two men were found lying In the cellar of Brady's home by a gas meter Inspector. The victims were taken to a hospital, whore physicians pronounoed them dead. The condition of the. men. ac cording to the physicians. Indicated that they had been drinking heavily.' Brady was found with a "quarter-lithe-slot" gas meter in his arms. HARRIMAN DIVIDENDS SAME Directors of In Ion Pacific and South er Par I do Declare Same as Previously. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The dlrectr.,. the Union Pacific Railway comuanv declared a quarterly dividend of 2H per cent on the company's common stock and a semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on Its preferred slock. These dividends ar. nn. changed from the last previous quarter. NEW YORK, Feb.' 13. -The directors of the Southern Pacific Railroad coin day declared a quarterly dividend of lu. per cent on the common stock. This la unchanged from the last quarter. DEMOCRATIC DAY IN HOUSE Champ Clark Takei President as Theme of Address. MANY VISTUES AND MANY FAULTS With AH of Them, He Bays, Executive is Not a. Democrat - Repub lican Tar 1 11 Position Attacked. WASHINGTON. Feb". 13. General debate on the legislative appropriation bill was brought to a close In the house of repre sentatives today after a session full of in terest and entertainment. Several speeches were made on the Issues of the day, the most notable being by Champ Clark of Missouri, who commanded the attention of the house for an hour and a half. Upon the conclusion of his remarks he was ac corded an ovation by democrats and re publicans alike. Mr. Clark arraigned the republicans for tlllr attitude on the tariff question and said' that the announcement that there would be a revision of the tariff after election was simply "In preparation of another stupendous confidence game on the people." He discussed the president's message and said that whatever his vir tues or his faults, the president was not democrat. , ' Other speakers were Messrs. Ralney (111.), Tlrrell (Mass.), Glllett (Mass.) and Hammond (Ind.), all of whom discussed various phases of the tariff question. Addrean of Mr. Clark. Champ Clark of Missouri occupied the at tention of the house of representatives to day for over an hour In an address upon the president's recent special message to congress, the financial disturbance of last fall and the tariff question. It was a char acteristic talk and aroused the Interest of the house to a high degree."" in opening Mr. Clark asserted that a reasonable view should be taken on mat tors touching the president, but that It had not been done as a rule. "He Is such a belligerent personage," he declared, "that his lightest word Is a challenge to combat." The president's whole public life, said Mr. Clark, had been one session of spec tacular fights. No man had been more viciously assailed by men of his own party, "and none was. ever, while still in the flesh, so lavishly lauded by some of the opposing party." Strength Gained In Battle. "But," he said, "the truth la that this ex traordinary man has waxed stronger and stronger by waging his battles." Even de feat, he declared, has made him I larger and more commanding figure. "So," he said, "amid the swirl of things, the deluge of words, the shouting of the cap tains, the beating of tom-toms, the groans of crippled republicans, the yells of friend and foe," one who was a personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt, the man, but po litical opponent of Roosevelt, the politician or statesman, had. "but little chance per haps of being heard In this babel of voices. Mr. Clark, however, Insisted that he yould have his say. He spoke of his per sonal liking for the president and said that although, after the manner of strong men, the president has pronounced virtues and gurrlng faults of character, he . bad never abused him nor bad he, grown hys terical In admiration of him, but he had supported him when he was right and fought him "tooth and nail" when he was wrong. He believed that was the way the president should be treated. "He must Indeed," said Mr. Clark, "entertain Ineffa ble contempt for the Invertebrate syco phants who grovel before him on all occa sions and who, no matter what he does or says, throw high their sweaty caps In the air and shout, 'Io, trlumphe; Io, tri umphed '.' Fights Shy of Third Term. No on 3 knew, .continued Mr. Clark whether or not the president was a great man. He quoted from an old saying, "count no man happy till he Is dead," and said It was a safe and sane rule to pro nounce no man great until he was In his grave. "We have not enough perspective necessary to fix his status In history." he said, "and It Is sheer folly to attempt It.' Individuality be wished the president well until March 4, 1908, when he hoped the president would quit forever, "for no pres ident will ever be elected to a third term till tho republic Is on Its last legs. Everyone could be honest, he maintained. even If he could not be great, "and," he added, "if you republican big wigs would bo candid, you would confess that you are not half so much enamored of the president as you seem to be." The republicans, he declared, grew red In the face laudirg the president to the skies, "for he Is still the dispenser In chief of pie." A republican statesman bereft of pie, said he, was "A spectacle to make the angels weep," but he said, when he saw republicans trying to appease him by "mere lip service," it seemed to him the lady doeth protest too much. Financial Question. ' Coming to the subject of the recent fi nancial disturbances, Mr. Clark laid It at the door of the republicans. The self-constituted defenders of the president, he said, charged that 4 Harrlman and his crowd did It, while, on the other hand, Harrlman and his crowd swear that the president and hsl crowd did It." It did not become an Innocent bystander, he asserted, to decide which were the Ideal republicans. "One thing we do know," he said, "and that is Mr. Harrlman was a delegate to the last republican national convention which nomi nated Colonel Roosevelt by a unanimous vote and that he was a liberal contributor to the republican campaign fund." It there fore, he said, did not lie In the mouths of republicans to disown him for he was once "my dear Mr. Harrlman," but now he was another sort of Harrlman, "beginning with a big, big D," but he charged Harrlman was and Is "a republican of high degree." Bond Issue Criticised. Mr. Clark critlcixed the recent bond Is sue and said that the Issuance of bonds In a time of peace was the Identical thing for which the republicans "pilloried a democratic president before high Heaven." Much attention was paid by Mr. Clark to the charge that Mr. Hepburn had threat ened "to run over" the leaders of the house. That threat, he declared. already had brought Into lino Mr. Payne of New York, Ihe majority leader, who announced that there would be no tariff revision. "If,'l he said, still referring to Mr. Hepburn, "be will be kind enough to let us know when ho Intends to start his roller over ths gentleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. Dalsell. and over Uncle Joe, to disfigure them, hs can safely count on a full house and an audience breathless with expecta tion and delirious with Joy." He remarked that should Mr. Dalsell ever arise in his place In ths house and unequivocally declare that he was earn estly In favor of a general tariff revision at . (Continued on Second Page.) MAIL VIOLATION IS CHARGED American Kx press Company aid to Hae Violated Federal Statutes In Ohio. CINCINNATI, O., Fob. IS Violation cf the postal laws by carrying flrst-clnjs mall matter was charged sgalnst th American Express company In a suit fih In the United States district court title today by District Attorney Mcpherson Tills suit was the first gun In a cam paign which the government proposes to wage against common carriers for carry ing first class mall matter contrary to law. In the Information which Attorney McPherson filed, be alleges that the American Express company, on January 6. carried aletter from Helton.. Tex., to Cin cinnati. The letter" was from Mrs. Will Brown of Bellon, and In It, she ordered from glove company twelve pair of gloves and enclosed an express money order for $2.17 In payment. Attorney Mc Pherson claims that the letter did not re late to the business of the express com pany and that the envelope did not bear a postage stamp, as required by law. - The penalty for violation of this provision of the federal statutes Is 1100. Colonel Holmes, postmaster Inspector In charge, said "The government Is very Jealous of Its right to carry the malls, and Insists on It always. When public carriers carry letters not tearing post ago stamps and not pertaining to the business of the car rler, they are preventing tho government from deriving pontage money from tho sale of the stamps. "About four or five years ago the gov ernment waged war against carriers for such an offense. It la tho opinion of the government officials that common carriers are becoming too lax In reference to carry ing mail matter not properly stamped, and that persecution of a few cases Is neces sary to bring to their attention the fact that they are violating the law." LETTERS OF MINISTER'S WIFE Skeleton Uncovered In Testimony In Snell Will Contest In Illinois. CLINTON. 111., Feb. 13. When the trial was resumed here today of the $2,000,000 guit Instituted by Richard Snell to b'eak the will of Ms father," Colonel Thomas Snell more love letters written to the aged mil lionaire wore Introduced In evidence. The letters were read to the Jury and specta tors crowded forward, craning their necks to catch every word. Most of the letters reud today are signed simply "Your own llttlp girl," and the others 'bear no signature. They are ad mitted as having been " written by Mrs Lura Hamilton, wife of Rev. E. A. Hamil ton, who was pastor of the Methodist church at Newman, 111. The letters ex press the ardent love of the writer for the aged millionaire and Invariably cover the protestation of affection with the request for money. Soon after the beginning of the trial Rev- Mr. Hamilton resigned his pastorate and the couplo went away. It Is believed they went to Florida. It Is rumored that Mrs. Hamilton has suffered from nervous pros tration because of fthe exposure of the letters. Judge Cochran, who.Js hearing the case, and who Is an ordatnrAMhodlt minister. ana Ihs life-long men-lot Her. fln ris.mll ton, sat with averted face as the letters were read today. FEDERAL TROOPS IN ALASKA President Directs They Shall Go to Fairbanks to Preserve Or- -der In Strike. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. By direction of the president Acting Secretary Oliver today ordered a company of Infantry from Fort Gibbon, In Alaska, to Fairbanks, in that territory, to preserve order during the min lng strike In that section. This action was taken upon representation from the United States court in Alaska to the attorney gen eral that the presence of federal troops was needed. Telegrams from Fairbanks to the attorney general state that open air mass meetings are being held by the striking miners and that threats of violence have been made. The marshal has been directed by the at torney general to use all the force at hlsj command to arrest lawbreakers and to pre vent Intimidation.. The military Is expected to give the marshal moral support and also take action should the disorder prove too great for any force he may be able to secure. Hie latter has been given strict orders as to the energetlo use of all the force he can command. The striking miners have picketed the trail between Valdes and Fairbanks. Moee of the newly arrived laborers are Russians. ' PROGRESS IN SAN FRANCISCO Record of Postal Business Shows Gratifying Increnae In the Coast City. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 -The record of the San Francisco postofflce for W07, t lie' first full year since the disaster, shows a gratifying increase In money order busi ness over that of the previous year. Domestic money orders to the amount of $1,093,000 were Issued at the main office during the year, an Increase of 24 per cent over 1906. At the stations the amount Issued for the year was $4.Wl,0u0, or an Increase of 27 per cent over 1906. International money orders Issued at ths main office amounted to $8TS,000, an in crease of 80 per cent over 1906, while In ternational onters Issued at stations amounted to $l9o,000, or an Increase of 71 per cent over1906. The report of the fire Insurance business for 1907 on the Pacific coast shows the total amount of the policies written to be $1,233,329,813, on which premiums to the amount of $25,960,447 were paid. The losses for the year amounted to $6,382,652, or 25.7 per cent of-the premiums. In California, considered separately, the rate of loss was less, being 20.H per cent. HEYBURN WILL OPPOSE BILL Only Hepuullran In Senate Who Will Make Long Speech Against Currency Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. According to a program being arranged by senate re publican leaders, a vote will be had on the Aldrlch currency bill in about two weeks. The indications are that there will not be a large number of republican senators to speak to the measure and that the speeches by democrats will be addt-ssed carefully to objections raised by Individuals to certain features of the bill. Senator Clay of Georgia expects to talk tomorrow, Senator Clam of Arkansas will apeak early next week and Senators Culberson, Teller. Daniel, Tillman and Bailey within the next ten days. From present Indications. Sen ator Heyburn is the only republican sen ator who plans to make extended remarks against the passage of ths bill. OLD COMPANY HELPS NEW Nebraska Telephone Givei Fire Alarm Service to Independent. PROMPT TO GRANT CONCESSION General Manaarr Belt Says His Company Gave These PrlTlleates In the Interest of Public Welfare. The Nebraska Telephone company has granted to Ha new competitor, the Inde pendent Telephone company, the right of connecting up with the fire alarm system maintained by the Nebraska company enabling the patrons of the new concern to have the advantage of this alarm ser vice, so essential to ths safety of property and life. This concession on the part of the Ne braska Telephone company. Involves the Installation by the Independent's of its Instruments and a combination switch board on the desks of the chief and fire operators In the offices of the Nebraska company and the same scrvlcs to the new company as to the old. The new company Is permitted to maintain Its own operators In the offices of the Nebraska company. As to the method of making the connection that Is a detail to be worked out by the electrical engineers of the two companies, A. 8. Rogers of the Nobraska and F. ,G Hummel of the Independent Thee wires will come In over each desk and aclieck will be kept by one operotor on tho other so as to furnish an absoluto guarantee against error. The Independent company applied to the Board of Flro and Police Commissioners, January 27, for this permission. It struck some members of the board as a rather un usual request to make, since the city had let the contract for the fire alarm system to the Nebraska company and that contraot did not expire until June, 19(i9. The position taken was that the new company, while It Bhould of course, have this service, had no right to demand It through Its business competitor and upon this basis the board submitted the proposition to the Nebraska Telephone company, saying It had granted the request of the Independent company, "subject to the approval of the Nobraska Telephone company.'" v Decide to Make Concession. The officials of the Nebraska company took the matter under advisement and Gen eral Manager Belt finally communicated to the city authorities the Intention to grant the new concern these privileges. City Electrician Michaelson, then late yes terday took up finally with Mr. Belt the matter of making the Installation. Mr. Michaelson and Fire Chief Salter, as well as the members of the fire and police board, feel grateful to the Nebraska com pany for tho readiness with which It made thos- concession to Its competitor, obviating the task of working out an otherwise diffi cult problem. ' "We took this view of the situation," said General Manager Belt of the Nebraska Telephone company, "whlnle we had a con tract with the city for supplying this ser vice and could. If we so desired stand on our lawful rights and withhold the service from -etfr -omieiltoi's sad.'. heir putrorur. we would rather not take advantage of these rights for the simple reason that by so doing we might be Imposing a hardship on the public or some Individual property owner. We felt that there were larger Interests to be served and safeguarded than those of any corporation and we did not wish to appear, -or be selfish even though acting entirely within our legal rights. We have always operated on the principal that a public corporation Is a public Ser vant and that the best service to the great est number of people was a mottto that ought to commend us to the people at large." STANDARD'S METHODS SHOWN Free OH to Dealers One Thing; Inde pendents Were Forced to Contend With. ALBANY, N. Y Feb. 1S.-SIX witnesses were examined at this morning's session In the hearing In connection with the suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Testimony was given to ths effect that ths Standard Oil officials of fered to give free oil to dealers who re fused to buy from the Standard, It was also brought out that an attempt was made to show that oil sold by a competitor of the Standard a merchant of Plttsfleld, Mass., was short about five gallons on each barrel and that a driver employed by this competitor was offered $5 a month to send reports of the freight shipments made by his company to New York. Marked bills, which It was claimed were paid this driver for his reports, were of fered in evidence. WATERWAYS TOPIC IN DAKOTA Congressman Ellis of Kansas City and Secretary Call Talk In House at Bismarck. BISMARCK, N. D.. Feb. 13. In the house today addresses were made on inland waterway Improvement by Congressman Ellis of Kansas City, Secretary Call of the Missouri River Navigation congress and others. A large number of delegates from over the state were present. The opening session of the congress was devoted to In formal addresses by delegates. State Engineer Atkinson said that 250,000 acres of land along the Missouri could be Irrigated with a nine-foot lift of water. TELEGRAPHERS FAIL TO AGREE Prospect Good for Serious Trouble Between Northern Pacific and Its Bleu. ST. PAUL, Feb. 13. All negotiations bA tween General Manager Blade of the North ern Pacific railroad and the company's tel egraphers over wages and hours have been broken off, according to Secretary Holmes of the telegraphers' conference committee. An appeal has been taken by the men to M. Levy, third vice president, but he Is now out of the city. EVANS IMPR0VED IN HEALTH IVavr Department Gets Cable that Fleet Was All Right Tart, day Afternoon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 The Navy de partment has received the following ablegram from Admiral Simpson of the Chilean navy on boa id the cruiser Chaca buco, which piloted Admiral Evans fleet partially through the strait of Magellan: TAU'AHl'ANO, Chile. Feb. U Admiral Evans requests me to Inform the denart- meiit from the fleet at sea, Tuesday, 4 m., nouna for (.'allso. via Valusraln- Every thing going on well. Admiral Uvans ELKS TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY Local Lodge No. l Will Hold Stn Social Tonlaht to Commemorate Twenty-Second Anniversary. Twenty-two years ago. on February 7. 1SSS, Om.iha lodge No. 33, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was organized. This anniversary will be 'commemorated tonight by a star social at the club rooms, invitations being sent not only to members of the local lodge, but also to the lode.es at Lincoln. Plattsmouth, Nebraska City. Fremont and Council Bluffs, asking ibet nil wearers of the antlers attend the cele bration tonight. Invitations have also been posted In every hotel In Omaha, and so journers In the city from other lodges will be made welcome. A long and elaborate program has been prepared. Including considerable outsUH talent. Judge Elearer Wakeley will pre side and William Kennedy will assist and also give a recitation. Albert Morrison, leading man with the Woodward Stock company, which opens at the Boyd In April, will give a recitation, and solos will be rendered by Cecil Berryman, Dr. Z. D. Clark, Captain Henry W. Dunn, David Sonler, Addison Mould, Mr. Dick, Frank J. Ressler and Mr. Collins, a travellnj salesman from Minneapolis. The Elks' quartet, composed of J. R. Gerke, W. S Rigdon, Dr. C. P. Lewis and C. S. Haver stock, will also contribute to the enter tainment. Other numbers on the program will be a Scotch dance by Robert Moldrum, sleight of hand tricks by Frank T. B. Martin, a selection by Mr. McDougall, piper, moving pictures by Robert Grayson of the Jewel theater, original romances concerning mem bers of tho lodge on the graphaphone, se lections by an Italian orchestra, and an entertainment by four members of the stock company now playing at the Or plieum. At the close of the program a banquet will be served. Thomas W.' Keene, the famous tragedian, first suggested the organization of the Omaha lodge of Elks. He was an enthusi astic member of the lodge, and while play ing an engagement here In the fall of 18SE talked so enthusiastically of the order that the following spring the lodge was Insti tuted, with a charter list of twenty. This membership has grown now to 774. Of the twenty charter members only four remain residents of Omaha: I. W. Martin, the secretary of the lodge; Sands F. Wood bridge, D. W. VanCott and Alfred Soren- son. Two others of the original twenty are living, A. B. Davenport of Clyde, O., and Thomas F. Boyd of Cheyenne. The Benevolent oad Protective Order of Elks was first organized In New York City by Algernon Vivian, an actor, In 18(58, and now has a membership of 200,000. Mr. Vivian organized several lodges, principally In the west, and died In Leadvllle, Colo., March 20, 1S80. Rev. T. J. Mackay, pastor of All Saints Episcopal church, Omaha, then pastor In Leadvllle, preached his fun eral sermon. Mr. Mackay Is a member of the Omaha lodge and was formerly chap lain. MILITIA AFFAIRS DIVISION Stw Department of Army Service Created to Look After State Relations. WASHINGTON, Feb. U.-In recognition of te growing InUmaey between the regu lar army and the national militia, acting Secretary of War Oliver has Issued an or der creating a new division department, to be known as the division of militia affairs. Colonel E. M. Weaver of tho coast artil lery has been named as chief of the new division. The jurisdiction of the new di vision Involves the armament, equipment, discipline, training, education and organi zation of militia, conduct of camps of In struction and participation In the field ex ercises and maneuvers of the regular army, and the mobilization and the relations of the militia to the regular army In time of peace. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL Senator Ln Follette Introduces Meas ure Backed by General Labor Organisations. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-A comprehen sive employers' liability bill was Introduced ln the senate and house today by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin and Representative Sterling of Illinois. The authors say the bill has the endorsement of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman and Is Intended to meet the recent decision of the supreme court In which the employers' lia bility act of June 11, 1906, was declared un constitutional. CULBERSON HAS AMENDMENTS Senator Will Seek to Compel Na tional Banks to Keep on Hand Legal Reserve. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-Senator Culber son today gave notice of two amendments to the currency bill, providing that after November 1, 19o8, every national bank shall keep on hand the amount of Its reserve now provided by law and also directing the secretary of the treasury to collect in terest oh government funds deposited in national banks, as follows: At the rate of 2 per cent during August, September, Octo ber and November; 4 per cent In December, January, February and March and S per cent ln April, May, June and July. SISTER CAPTURES BURGLAR Presence Suspected In Parochial School and One of Instructors Gets II I ill. GREENWICH, Conn.. Feb. 13.-A burglar entered St. Mary's parochial school and was searching the building when his pres ence was suspected and the police sent for. They started to search the building, when the burglar attempted to escape by the main door. One of the sisters stationed there caught him ln her arms, and although he struggled to escape, she managed to hold him until ths officers arrived. RESPITE IN FRAUD TRIAL Court at llarrlsbnrg Adjourns Be cause of Illness In Family of One of Lawyers. HARR1SBURG, Pa., Feb. 13. The trial of the state lapltol conspiracy cases which began here two weeks ago was Interrupted today by Illness in the family of Charles H. Bergner, counsel for the defense, court adjourning untlll Monday morning. Suspected Wrecker Held. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. U-On susnlt-lon that they- caused the WMk of the express irsin on ine t eiifinyivania ratiroad at Fi'ttiikllnvllle lan Friday, In which twenty four pemonaf were injured, SHlvatore GalU and Antonio Rose of tills city have been arrested, inn ponce mink that the men removed a fishplate. The men were dis charged from a gan jjf laborers working on the railroad 11 . TAFT TO LUMBERMEN Secretary is Guest of Michigan, Retailers' Association. LUNCHEON IN DETROIT HALL His Subject is, Moral Awakening in Business World. MORE RAILROAD LAWS NEEDED Abuses Must Be Eradicated or Got. ernment Ownership Come. LATTER WOULD BE CALAMITY Tremendous Concentration of Power that Would Come with It Would Imperil Nation's Existence. DETROIT, Feb. 13.-Secrctary of Wa William H. Taft was the guest this after noon of the Michigan Retail Lumber Deal ers' association, and talked for half an hour at tho luncheon which was tendered him by tho association upon the "Moral Awakening Recently from Business Meth ods Which Permit Illegality and Fraud." The addrevs was the culmination of a busy six hours In Detroit. Arriving In the city at 12 o'clock from Grand ItHpUls, In-company with M. J usee r and, the French ambassador; Governor Curtis Child, Jr., of Massachusetts; United States Senator. William Allien Smith of Michigan, Governor F. M. Warner and sev eral other speakers at last night's Lincoln club banquet ln that city, Secretary Taft and the party were driven to the Hotel Pontchiwtraln. The secretary greeted sov eral thousand peoplu at a public, reception, which began Immediately after his arrival at tho hotel. Throughout his slay In tho city his every appearance on the street was the signal for cheers and enthusiasm. Banquet nt Harmonic Hall. More than B(0 men were gathered about the tables In tho banquet room of Harmonle hall to greet Secretary Taft, who arrived with several hundred more men and women. Its cnpaclty, seated In th gal lery. Former United States Senator Thomas W. Palmer presided as toastmaster. Governor Warner, while voicing tha rtate's welcome to the secretary, brought a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm when he declared that he was convinced that to on. 90 per cent of the people of Michigan are for Mr. Taft's nomination for the presi dency on the republican ticket. The gov ernor then suggested Governor Guild for the nomination for vice president on ths ticket with Secretary Taft. Ambassador Jusserand was given a thur derlng welcome when he was presented by i Toastmaster Palmer for -a short, ad dress. The' embassador, after declaring that because of his position he naturally cannot meddle In American politics, eulo gized ths American presidents of the past and the present and said that It was his .wish-and hupe Unit Jie country when It" elected another president would add an other glorious name to the already glorious list of names. "I do not know whom he shall be," said Ambassador Jusserand, "but it seems that you know." Applause interrupted him for ' several moments. Address of Mr. Taft. Secretary Taft opened his address by remarking that a stranger might suspect the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' asso ciation had more to do with politics than with business. "We have heard," re continued, "a great deal recently ln connection with the moral awakening from business methods which permit illegality and fraud." He spoke of the revelations of the In surance Investigation and then of the evils of over Issues of stocks and bonds, which ho said was obtaining money under false pretenses. Taking up the question of railroad dis criminations and recent legislation to pre vent rebating, he seld: "The truth Is, gentlemen, that we have not 'quite enough of regulation of railways. Other powers ought to be conferred on the Interstate Commerce commission. s It Is said that the Interstate Commerce com mission Is not a safe way in which to conlrol the railroads of the country. It Is the only way ln which we can control them. We must see that we secure strong men to sit upon that commission, who can prove by their administration that It Is the proper way. It Is that or go to gov ernment ownership with all the state so ciallsni which It involves, and I have no doubt that government ownership of ths railways, with the tremendous concentra tion of power It would Involve, would en danger the republic. We have enough con centrated power In Washington now. To Increase It so that the executive should control the enormous body of civil servants which would necessarily follow would re sult In making a president mors powerful than any king who lives today, "I believe it Is possible to enforce the present anti-trust law, but we need a new law, more BM-ciflc, to bring all capital within Its provlFrons. I think that today the violation of the law is by no means so fashionable as It was formerly. People Are Awake. "Now we are going to have a business mllltnium, gentlemen, but we shall have a quickened public concience and an eye ea whether wc have business demoralisation or have business conducted within tha terms of tho law. The peole have waked up. "We have Just had a panic. Soma of tbe gentlemen who have felt the lash of pub lic opinion have been only too tiad to at tribute it to tiie legislation to which I have Just referred. The charge Is un founded. It is due, if students o'f finance are to be trusted, to the gradual exliaus tatlon of nil the free capital of the world in enterprises which have not been Si profitable ss It was expecteil they would be. Now we must wait, the whole World must wait until we earn more free capital. "There Is no doubt hut that European Investors ln our sicuriilis have been frelghtened by the revelations of dishonesty which have been sho,wn of late ln many of our large Institutions. But is the man who pointed out that dishonesty to be charged with this lack of confidence or la it to be charged to the gi-ntlumen who engaged in the illi-&kllty. It is not neces sary to argue." Secretary Tuft' left at ;05 o'clock for West Point, N. Y., where he will tomorrow attend the graduation exrrclsi s at the military academy. Beckham Has Fifty. Mae Votes. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. H.-The sena torial ballot toilay resultt-d: Itmkham, Hti rriiify. ic ; ttinuiM-n. t. Alien. 1. burn, L Nctasaiy to elect, ii
